Three-phase attack on airfields in Kent, Essex and Suffolk. Night: First major attack on Liverpool (150 bombers). Further harassing attacks over London, the Midlands and north-east coast. Weather: Fine and fair but cold. Cloud in Dover Straits. Main Activity: Once more the Luftwaffe divided its main efforts into three phases. The first began at 0830 […]
1940
29
Aug
Thursday 29 August 1940
Quiet in the morning, airfield attacks in the south and south-east later in the day. Night: Further attack on Liverpool with diversionary raids in the Midlands. Weather: Showers and bright intervals. Cloud in the Channel and Straits. Main Activity: After the feverish activity of the previous night, the Thursday morning was dull but peaceful. Little […]
30
Aug
Friday 30 August 1940
Dummy raids on shipping then heavy attacks on south-eastern airfields. Luton attacked. Night: Third raid on Liverpool. Single raids over wide area. Weather: Fair. Main Activity: The day began with a renewal of shipping raids, this time in the Thames Estuary, designed to act as feints for the main assault which was picked up by […]
31
Aug
Saturday 31 August 1940
Fighter Command suffers its heaviest losses. Airfields in the south and south-east raided. Night: Liverpool once again the main target with lesser attacks covering the north-east coast to Plymouth. Weather: Mainly fair with haze over the Thames Estuary and Dover Straits. Main Activity: The odds were weighted even more heavily against Fighter Command on this […]